User talk:Lady Privatier

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Sincerely, PrairieKid (talk) 17:53, 20 October 2013 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)

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PrairieKid (talk) 17:53, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

A strange welcome

I saw your comment about the grammar on Elizabeth Warren and implemented the change you requested. Unfortunately, this is Wikipedia, where there is a distinct anti-intellectual bias. I had no trouble finding a reliable source which explained how to use semicolons to delimit lists in which some items contained comma-delimited lists.

Despite this, I am currently having trouble keeping this change from being reverted. In the long run, we Grammar Nazis always win, of course, because we're right. But if I fixed it now, I'd be arbitrarily punished for daring to put grammar above administrative rules meant to deal with genuine controversies.

It's ok for not everyone to know all of the rules of grammar. It's not ok for those who don't know to refuse to accept these rules, to refuse to learn them when they're relevant. But, hey, now I sound like a Grammar Nazi. MilesMoney (talk) 20:52, 20 October 2013 (UTC)